From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, bug-cc-mode@gnu.org,
nickrob@snap.net.nz, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: c-submode-indicators at wrong place in minor-mode-alist
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:05:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1EnQVk-00058c-8L@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1051216102114.548C-100000@acm.acm> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:57:42 +0000 (GMT))
>> CC Mode has a convention that defuns/variables with doc strings are
>> part of the API (i.e. things like line-up functions and derived modes
>> are "permitted" to use them), but those without doc strings are
>> "internal", i.e. subject to arbitrary change/disappearance between CC
>> Mode versions.
This is how I used to do things, back when doc strings took
up space in Emacs. But now they don't, so I suggest that you
aim in the future to give all functions and variables
real doc strings.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-12-17 1:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-14 21:41 c-submode-indicators at wrong place in minor-mode-alist Stefan Monnier
2005-12-15 0:25 ` Nick Roberts
2005-12-15 14:25 ` Alan Mackenzie
2005-12-15 20:08 ` Nick Roberts
2005-12-16 10:18 ` Alan Mackenzie
2005-12-16 20:03 ` Nick Roberts
2005-12-17 8:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-18 9:26 ` Alan Mackenzie
2005-12-15 20:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-12-16 10:57 ` Alan Mackenzie
2005-12-17 1:05 ` Richard M. Stallman [this message]
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